On this day, 43 years ago, on December 4, 1982 (October 20, 1982, the fifth session of the fifth National People's Congress adopted the new Constitution. On December 4, 1982, the Fifth Session of the Fifth National People's Congress adopted and promulgated my country's new Constitution. The new constitution was formulated on the basis of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China formulated by the First National People's Congress in 1954 and several subsequent revisions. The guiding ideology is the four basic principles, namely, adhering to the socialist road, adhering to the people's democratic dictatorship, adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and adhering to Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. The full text lists the "Preface" at the beginning, and the following is divided into four chapters: the general outline, citizens 'basic rights and obligations, state institutions, and the national flag and national emblem, with a total of 138 articles. The Constitution stipulates that the fundamental task of the country in the future is to concentrate its efforts on socialist modernization and build our country into a highly civilized and democratic socialist country. The Constitution stipulates that the People's Republic of China is a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants; the socialist system is the fundamental system of our country. All power of the state belongs to the people; The organs through which the people exercise state power are the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at all levels. State institutions implement the principle of democratic centralism. All ethnic groups are equal. The Constitution stipulates the organization and powers of the National People's Congress, the President, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, local people's congresses at all levels, people's governments at all levels, people's courts and people's procuratorates.